My brother's inlaws, well, um. They consider themselves so much more enlightened than THEIR parents WRT to prejudices of various ilk. Which, truth be told, they are eons better. But still ridiculous. Brother & SIL have told them that if certain words or attitude ever come from their kids, they'll know where it comes from and it will be bad. Honestly, I don't know how SIL avoided incorporating it- maybe it was learned in the Army, maybe just her.
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jan 01, 2008 4:46:04 pm PST #292 of 10001
tommyrot - Jan 01, 2008 4:53:47 pm PST #293 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Damn.
Prescribing gap may leave blacks in more pain
Study shows minorities are less likely to get narcotics from ER doctors
Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds.
Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine less frequently than whites.
The analysis of more than 150,000 emergency room visits over 13 years found differences in prescribing by race in both urban and rural hospitals, in all U.S. regions and for every type of pain.
§ ita § - Jan 01, 2008 5:02:27 pm PST #294 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That article makes me feel kind of sick.
Today's ER visit went well. The doctor is familiar with me, and apologised for not knowing my dosages off the top of his head, and let me dictate how much of each medicine, narcotic or not. It was a very successful mission, and I'm pain free and comfortable right now, while not under the influence, which is my modest goal.
The last visit started out with reluctance, but I ended up with a doctor who trusted me personally, and another who just wanted to know, from my lips, what worked in the past so he could duplicate it.
I don't want to malign either of the hospitals--the prevalent concern of me stopping breathing is a laudable one. I just don't know why sometimes it's complicated and sometimes it's not.
Laura - Jan 01, 2008 5:05:05 pm PST #295 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm pain free and comfortable right now
Lots and lots of this in 2008. Helpful doctors are a good thing, a real solution would be a better thing.
Cass - Jan 01, 2008 5:08:06 pm PST #296 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
but I ended up with a doctor who trusted me personally, and another who just wanted to know, from my lips, what worked in the past so he could duplicate it.These things are good.
Allyson - Jan 01, 2008 5:13:09 pm PST #297 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My dad seems to have worked very, very hard at making his computer run like it's on dial up.
I tried to plug my laptop into his cable, and NADA. Nothing. No dice.
WT Fucking F?
Reason number 12,657 to flee, yo. I just want to download a movie. I'm bored and need to do something to prevent me from screaming.
tiggy - Jan 01, 2008 5:16:05 pm PST #298 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
in an attempt to prepare for my first day back to work tomorrow. i think i'm going to bed early. wish me nyquil coma!
Allyson, can't you dl things on your Touch? does no one have wifi you can snag to use iTunes and buy a movie?
Jesse - Jan 01, 2008 5:16:51 pm PST #299 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That article makes me feel kind of sick.
As it should. Maybe you should try a more posh accent next time?
Allyson - Jan 01, 2008 5:23:23 pm PST #300 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
No wifi as far as I've been able to wander, tiggy.
Seriously, I'm just...why???? I'm so miserable. I can't use up two weeks vacation time being miserable. I'll explode. This was dumb. Maybe I can go home on Sunday and then I'll have some quiet time to write and chill out.
Nutty - Jan 01, 2008 5:23:25 pm PST #301 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
differences in prescribing by race in both urban and rural hospitals
I heard a blurb about this on the news radio this evening (not NPR), and the summary included a couple of speculations as to why. Blah blah unconscious (or conscious) racism, blah blah lack of empathy, and then:
"Or it might be that white people just whine more when they're in pain."
I think it was meant sardonically, but really, I couldn't say.